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emergence 80, 90–3, 99, 102–3<br />

epistemological 80–1, 92–3, 99<br />

on<strong>to</strong>logical 80–1, 90–2, 101–2<br />

singular asymp<strong>to</strong>tic 100–1<br />

see also explanation, holism, part-whole,<br />

physicalism, reductionism<br />

emergentism, British 91, 101<br />

emotions 272, 327<br />

see also cognitive science, neuroscience<br />

empiricism 143, 273, 313, 318<br />

British 3<br />

constructive 31, 33<br />

feminist 318, 321<br />

logical 2, 156<br />

energy, conservation <strong>of</strong> 179<br />

entangled state 97<br />

see also non-separability, quantum<br />

mechanics<br />

entanglement 96–7<br />

see also non-separability, quantum<br />

mechanics<br />

entities, observational vs. <strong>the</strong>oretical 111<br />

see also observational vs. <strong>the</strong>oretical<br />

distinction<br />

entropy 121<br />

see also statistical mechanics,<br />

<strong>the</strong>rmodynamics<br />

epigenetic inheritance 262–3<br />

epistemic/nonepistemic values 324,<br />

327<br />

epistemological emergence 80–1<br />

predictive/explana<strong>to</strong>ry 92, 99, 102<br />

representational/cognitive 92–3, 99,<br />

102<br />

see also on<strong>to</strong>logical emergence<br />

epistemological reductionism 99<br />

pragmatic 88–9<br />

replacement 84<br />

semantic 64–5, 88–9<br />

<strong>the</strong>oretical/derivational 85<br />

see also derivability principle,<br />

explanation, on<strong>to</strong>logical reductionism,<br />

reduction, inter<strong>the</strong>oretic, singular<br />

asymp<strong>to</strong>tic expansions<br />

epistemology<br />

evolutionary 234<br />

naturalized 8, 153, 290<br />

normative 153<br />

Index<br />

336<br />

<strong>of</strong> science 314<br />

standpoint 321<br />

equations, covariant 141<br />

see also relativity<br />

error <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> statistics 168<br />

essences 235<br />

essentialism 319<br />

essentialist 235<br />

see also taxonomy<br />

e<strong>the</strong>r 30<br />

ethics 11–12<br />

evolutionary 234<br />

ethnicity 314<br />

Eurocentrism 326<br />

Everett, Hugh 215–16<br />

evidence, problem <strong>of</strong> old 26, 167<br />

see also Bayesianism, confirmation<br />

evolution<br />

adaptation 231<br />

adaptionist programme 230–3<br />

fitness 239–40<br />

indeterminism/determinism (debate)<br />

230<br />

macroevolution 244<br />

mechanisms <strong>of</strong> 228<br />

neo-Darwinian gradualism 255<br />

neutral <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> molecular 299<br />

philosophy <strong>of</strong> 227–8<br />

punctuated equilibrium 244, 255<br />

random genetic drift 229, 257<br />

selection 228, 230–1, 238, 240–3, 254,<br />

262<br />

<strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> 27<br />

see also biology, creationism<br />

exaptation 231<br />

exons 253–4<br />

expansions, singular asymp<strong>to</strong>tic 100–1<br />

experiment 128–9<br />

and evidence 141<br />

and technology 142<br />

crucial 143<br />

labora<strong>to</strong>ry effects 140<br />

poorly replicated or unreplicable 137–8<br />

<strong>the</strong>ory testing 138<br />

experimentation and logical positivism 131<br />

explanans/explanandum 37, 117<br />

explanation 4, 8, 38, 112, 257, 304–5<br />

causal 40, 292

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